Scans and imaging CPT 76536 Outpatient

Thyroid or neck ultrasound cost in Slayton, MN

In Slayton, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for ultrasound of the soft tissues of the head and neck, such as the thyroid: from $110.50 to $110.50, with a median of $110.50. Across Minnesota, the median is $449.23 at 84 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 76536, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$110.50County of Murray
Median$110.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$110.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Slayton, MN.

median
Lowest $110.50Highest $668.85

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
County of Murray lowest Slayton, MN · (507) 836-6111 ULTRASOUND HEAD NECK TISSUES B-SCAN REAL TIME WIMAGE DOCUMENTATION source file $110.50 $170.00 $214.19–$689.53 35%
County of Murray Slayton, MN · (507) 836-6111 US SOFT TISSUE HEAD NECK source file $668.85 $1,029.00 $214.19–$689.53 35%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $110.50, median $110.50, highest $110.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $110.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This ultrasound looks at the soft tissues of the neck and head, most often the thyroid, as well as salivary glands and lymph nodes. It is ordered for a lump or swelling in the neck, thyroid nodules or an abnormal thyroid test.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the exam itself. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and a needle biopsy of a nodule is billed under different codes.